Porsche will unveil a new 911 Targa in Detroit

The Targa bar returns.

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We previously brought you some spy shots of Porsche's next 911 Targa, but now Porsche has confirmed it will make its official debut this coming Monday at
the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Porsche promises the 991 version of the Targa will echo the design of the original from 1965, and
our spy shots from last month seem to confirm this.

More recent 911 Targas have featured a glass roof that retracted backwards to stow under the rear window, which made its silhouette barely distinguishable
from the hardtop 911. The new Targa, however, will see a return to the distinctive Targa bar and wrap-around rear window of earlier versions. Porsche said that it will feature a "movable center roof section." We'll have to wait until Monday to learn what exactly this means, but our spy shots
indicate it will have a power-operated fabric center section.

Mechanically, we don't anticipate much changing. Expect the same 350 hp 3.5-liter flat-six in the base model and a 400 hp 3.8-liter in the S variant. The light bar connecting the taillights of the car in
our spy shots also suggest that we could be seeing an all-wheel-drive Targa.

Tune in this Monday when we'll be covering the 911 Targa reveal live from the show floor in Detroit.